National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3440

Overview

The Passcode Lock feature in Apple iOS before 5.0.1 on the iPad 2 does not properly implement the locked state, which allows physically proximate attackers to access data by opening a Smart Cover during power-off confirmation.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5052

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5052

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-11-10-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011/Nov/msg00001.html